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Alabama top cop says governor fired him for refusing to lie about affair

Spencer Collier claims he was canned Tuesday because he refused to cover up Governor Robert Bentley's alleged affair with a top political adviser.

'Family values' governor mired in sex scandal

March 24, 201619:08
By Corky Siemaszko

Alabama's Sunday school-teaching governor was accused by his former top cop on Wednesday of breaking the Seventh Commandment — thou shalt not commit adultery.

Spencer Collier, former head of the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency, holds a press conference about his termination from his position on March 23, 2016, in Montgomery, Ala. Gov. (Photo by Albert Cesare/Montgomery Advertiser/AP)
Spencer Collier, former head of the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency, holds a press conference about his termination from his position on March 23, 2016, in Montgomery, Ala. Gov.